| 101 Poppasquash Road Bristol, RI 02809 | |
| 41° 40' 32.87'', -71° 17' 16.97'' | |
| +14012532922 | |
| VHF Ch. 68 | |
| www.bristolyc.com | |
| Bristol Harbor |
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About
Welcome to Bristol Yacht Club, where our outstanding amenities combine with the historic and picturesque charm of Bristol, Rhode Island, to make a perfect landing spot for visiting boaters. At BYC, we welcome both visiting cruising clubs and individual cruisers. All are welcome to enjoy our easily accessible moorings and Club facilities.
A rental at BYC includes free launch service to our docks, grounds and newly renovated Clubhouse … and to the Independence Park dock for access to downtown Bristol with its many restaurants, shops and historic treasures.
We welcome you to tie up dockside to take on water and purchase ice – and to chat with our friendly staff about all Bristol has to offer. We invite you to use our launch or dinghy dock to access our bathrooms and showers (open 24/7), and our playground, gas BBQ and picnic areas.
Our Clubhouse, completely updated in 2019, offers a relaxing bar, lounge and a porch overlooking the harbor – a perfect spot to enjoy a cocktail while chatting with new and old friends. Or pull up an Adirondack chair dockside, steps from our outdoor bar and play area.
It is a short “country” walk from our property to enjoy the beauty of Colt State Park and the family-favorite Coggeshall Farm. Just steps away you can rent paddle boards, kayaks and bicycles – a perfect way to have fun on Bristol harbor waters or the East Bay Bike Path.
For extended cruisers, we’ll direct you to area supermarkets, hardware stores, laundry, sailmaker, and marine supplies and repairs.
We look forward to welcoming you to Bristol Yacht Club – a proud recipient of the 2022 Boater’s Choice Award! Visit our website for more details and directions to our Club.
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The setting is lovely. The people couldn't be more friendly and low-key. We love it there.
Very nice stay, people were very friendly & helpful with me getting settled in.
We had a wonderful time visiting the club. Everyone was so friendly and the staff was very professional. Thanks !
Great job from he launch operators. Such hospitality from Bristol Yacht Club. Thank you
Launch service and the club kept everyone safe during a major Thunderstorm event.
Excellent - launch service was great. Beautiful marina- a must do
Bristol Yacht Club was just what we needed after a long day of sailing. We keep returning because they are always helpful and accommodating. We love it here.
Always love staying here. Calm and quiet mooring. Can take the launch to the town and select from many restaurants or go to the yacht club side and go for a nice walk.
Outstanding as always. This is such a nice and hospitable place to stay. One of my favorites.
July 28, 2024 We have stayed here many summers. Always a delight to stay here. The club is lovely and the launch provides access to Bristol. Well kept moorings. Friendly, nice experience. Thank you.
Love staying at BYC. Great facilities and great launch staff. Thanks for the hospitality!
Wonderful place to stay in the beautiful town of Bristol. Being at a mooring was excellent given the heat. There is some bouncing around since the harbor is quite exposed to the prevailing SW breeze. The harbor staff is excellent and very accommodating
The staff and club were among the best we’ve visited. Being on crutches, I especially appreciated the launch drivers who were were so competent dealing with windy, wavy conditions and were still able to help me get on and off the launch safely. The harbor is beautiful and the fireworks were an added treat
BYC was very accommodating. The launch service was fast in picking you up and I really liked how they came out to make sure you found your mooring when we arrived. We definitely will be visiting again.
First time out for 2024 season - excellent visit to Bristol Yacht Club. Their staff is always great - remembered us from last year and welcomed us back! Looking forward to many more visits this season.
Town of Bristol is famous for running America’s Oldest Fourth of July festivities. So if you’re looking to come for that weekend, reserve months in advance. The club is across the harbor from downtown, and runs two launches so transients can easily get to Independence Park, short blocks to all restaurants and shops. Club is sail-oriented…one member who grew up in the club skippered the winning boat in the 2023 round-the-world ‘The Ocean Race.’ In-season the club hosts cruises from other clubs all over New England. Sailboat races four weekday nights plus local regattas on weekends.
Wonderful. Excellent launch service. Beautiful Yacht Club.
Very nice place to visit. People very friendly and helpful. Lots of great restaurants and things to do Be aware of the rough high wind mooring area. Wide open to the south and the wind really picks up Common knowledge to regulars into the harbor but a surprise to me.
This is a great town to visits and yacht club launch will Bantu g you to town. Great town. The only reason this does not get five stars is because Bristol Harbor isn’t well protected from any southerly wind.
What a pleasurable stay at BYC! Even with less than desirable weather, the dock staff made our stay very enjoyable—-they are very attentive to the VHF, the two lunches were always responsive and the drivers are experienced. The mooring had a nice tall pickup stick, plenty of ice in the boxes at the dock office, the showers were hot and the beer was cold. We will be back!
We had a wonderful stay. Staff, facilities, location were all first rate!
Stay was great… launch crew was extremely helpful getting us to dock, town and back to boat… the club house has been completely renovated and now fully open after the 2018 fire… will definitely come back!
Always a great stay! Showers, launch service that runs late enough to realistically get a nice dinner in town.
Wonderful club, lovely people. We can’t wait to come back!
Bristol YC is a great facility with a great staff in a great harbor. I had a problem to solve with my sailboat gear and the chief steward went beyond expectations to help me solve it. BYC is highly recommended for cruising sailors.
The mooring was excellent -- two sturdy, clean mooring pennants. Bristol Yacht Club's launch service was outstanding -- prompt, accommodating, and gracious.
We were with the Smith Cove Yacht Club and felt very welcome attended to. Staff were great and accommodating, great facilities. Peter and Cindy DeRosa Sea Rose
Beautiful club w/ lovely amenities. Friendly staff & members. Highly recommend!
BYC are always the most gracious hosts. Great sailing club!
Nice harbor. Town on one side, yacht club on the other.
Arrived about 4pm, they were expecting us, launch brought us right to our assigned mooring.
Launch driver has great hospitality and personality. Could not have been a more pleasant stay.
Bristol Yacht Club is one of the friendliest venues we have ever visited using DockWa. From the launch operators to the shore staff we were welcomed and accommodated as if we were members - they made us feel special. The accommodations are among the best we have used: clean and convenient heads w showers - even coffee and fresh pastry in the morning!
Easy access to town, welcoming club and good launch service.
Great new clubhouse. Gorgeous view of harbor. Friendly members. Attentive staff. Prompt and free launch service to Club and across harbor to town.
Great location and staff were friendly and accommodating. Will be back.
We stayed on a transient mooring. Very friendly staff. Beautiful yacht club building and grounds. Easy dinghy ride into free town dock or launch service is available. We look forward to returning and staying here again.
Thank God for BYC. was blowing lousy wind and freezing..the launch guys and girls got us to a mooring in ridiculous conditions.. Bristol is the best sailing harbor anywhere
Great place to moor for a few days. We went to the club and were greeted warmly by the staff and members. Pickup at the town dock makes enjoying Bristol’s restaurants a breeze!
Stayed here for a week during hurricane Henri. Everyone one was amazing. They took care of our boat and communicated well. I can’t recommend more highly.
Beautiful harbor, lovely facilities. Clean, private showers, and the friendliest launch staff. Convenient launch drop off and pick up at the town pier for an easy walk to restaurants and stores. Mooring lines are sturdy and clean, easy to pick up. Highly recommend the Bristol YC for cruisers.
Very beautiful spot and club staff very accommodating
Staff and members are very welcoming. Launch drivers are awesome. We enjoyed!
We met a friend at Bristol for Wednesday night racing at BYC, and won line honors in our class on his boat. Great racing, good meal, friendly staff, nice harbor - excellent stay.
Great place. Friendly and helpful staff at the dock and bar, and I got an escort to my mooring. Wifi was down, but they were still getting some of the early season bugs out of the system.
Always friendly and helpful. Nice that they still had the launch running.
Great harbor, very helpful people at the Yacht CLub, we will be back!
We loved this club. Had a nice cookout on the lawn, loved the service of the launch drivers. Happily got water. Only wish they had fuel in Bristol!
Great friendly service in a great location. Thanks BYC!
Excellent launch service! Thank you for your help in finding our mooring while the winds were howling 🌊
The launch will take you to the club, where there are bathrooms and showers, and you can take a really nice walk in the country (head left, take the path to Coggeshall Farm museum) or the launch can also take you to a dock across the harbor and you can walk to downtown Bristol and bars and restaurants in 5 minutes. A lot to do, great service.
Convenient location in the mooring field to access the club and town.
Very friendly with clean showers and a nice Tiki Bar while they are rebuilding their clubhouse. Go for the special we had 3 rum punches for less than $12
Launch staff very accommodating. Beach bar is fantastic. Restrooms and showers are dated.
Excellent launch service, the Club Steward Chris was exceptional and went out of his way to accommodate our Cruising Club's needs.
Staff was great, coming out to direct us right to out mooring. Launch drivers who took us to and from town we excellent, handling the launches is some very challenging conditions.
Outstanding staff. Always very friendly and helpful!
Awesome club, great service (especially the launch driver Peter), and beautiful town. I'm glad we stopped there even if it was just one night!!
BYC is lovley, very accommodating. It was beautiful stay with the exception of the 3.5 inches of rain on Saturday ! We will come back again 👍🏻😎
This would usually be an excellent place to pick up a mooring at relatively little expense, and with an excellent ferry service to take you ashore and back; but with the wind due South quite a sea can pile up. We also have had endless hassles with Dockwa claiming payment has been refused while my bank insists no request for payment by Dockwa has been made.